Biscuits: A Gift From God

[renfield]

I’m eternally grateful that my wife is an excellent cook and often makes biscuits.
I pity those that never get freshly home made biscuits (or home cooked meals in general).

I give her a hard time because she never measures anything when she makes biscuits.

 

[huntertrw]

Not gonna lie, I have to admit their fries are pretty dang tasty.

Which reminds me of a joke. Did you know that fries were not first cooked in France> They were cooked in grease.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Which reminds me of a joke. Did you know that fries were not first cooked in France> They were cooked in grease.

Ba doom boom.

 

[irishearl]

I’m eternally grateful that my wife is an excellent cook and often makes biscuits.
I pity those that never get freshly home made biscuits (or home cooked meals in general).

I give her a hard time because she never measures anything when she makes biscuits.

My favorite biscuits are store bought Pillsbury Grands.

 

[username]

probaly not the best biscuits and gravy but i like the ones they have at golden corral for the breakfast menu

 

[OzPiper]

What about Yorkshire pudding and gravy (as a side to roast beef, of course)

 

[BingBong]

Gravy that isn't brown?

 

[OzPiper]

Gravy that isn't brown?

Has to be made from the pan drippings
A splash of port or Madeira helps lift the gravy.

 

[SSGT.]

Has to be made from the pan drippings
A splash of port or Madeira helps lift the gravy.

We use chicory coffee and ham drippings. We call it Redeye Gravy. Great pick me up 100 times beter than red bull.

 

[telescopes]

I had them this morning at a restaurant in Palm Desert. Perfection. Yes, we make them at my house as well. Whenever I want to “test” a breakfast place, I order their biscuits and gravy. Few pass the test. My daughters favorite dish. Mine as well. I agree that it is largely in the technique. This dish will carry you throughout the day. Made properly and served with properly made sausage gravy, you need nothing else. Great topic.

 

[sardonicus87]

Tomato gravy on biscuits > biscuits and [white/sausage] gravy, though I do like both.

Also for the Europeans, American style biscuits really aren't like scones, more like a cross between a scone and a loaf of bread. They different enough from [savory] scones that it's not quite accurate to say they're just scones.

 

[VDL_Piper]

What the hell you Merican boys doing to those SCONES!!! It’s butter, jam and whipped cream and not that shit out of a paint spray can either but the stuff that settles on top of a jug of milk left in the fridge overnight.

Now gravy should be eaten with pastry two ways, Yorkshire Pudding and Beef Wellington……..that’s it, no other way you gastronomic heathens.

 

[OzPiper]

What the hell you Merican boys doing to those SCONES!!! It’s butter, jam and whipped cream and not that shit out of a paint spray can either but the stuff that settles on top of a jug of milk left in the fridge overnight.

Now gravy should be eaten with pastry two ways, Yorkshire Pudding and Beef Wellington……..that’s it, no other way you gastronomic heathens.

Telling it as it SHOULD BE

 

[telescopes]

Non southerners or midwesterners may never know the simple joy a well-made plate of biscuits and gravy can bring.

That's fine. Yes, in some senses they can be played off as just flour on flour. But then so could so many other things.

For the rest of the world, you're just leaving more for us.

 

[DesertDan]

Biscuits are proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

 

[SSGT.]

Another wonderful biscuit dish Biscuit and Gravy Casserole.

 

[irishearl]

Tomato gravy on biscuits > biscuits and [white/sausage] gravy, though I do like both.

Also for the Europeans, American style biscuits really aren't like scones, more like a cross between a scone and a loaf of bread. They different enough from [savory] scones that it's not quite accurate to say they're just scones.

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Very true. American biscuits taste nothing like scones.

 

[sablebrush52]

Damn! Now I’m going to have to visit Crack ‘Em and Stack ‘Em for biscuits and gravy.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

I've never had a biscuit at any resturant that came close to the biscuits that the women of my family make.

They don't put the love in the restaurant biscuits.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I think it's cute when people I know are in Texas, think of themselves as Southern.

I remember as a kid we were driving through Oklahoma, like 1970, we stopped at a brand new place, called Cracker Barrel in Oklahoma. We sat there and watched Yankees trying to figure out how to eat biscuits and gravy. It was hilarious. At best they were dipping the biscuits into the gravy. At worst, they were opening the biscuits and spreading the gravy inside and trying to eat them like small sandwiches. While were we over in a corner in our own world, smashing the biscuits into the gravy, and living the good life.

We never use recipes for biscuits, it's all about putting in enough of the next ingredient that it gets to the consistency that is needed. This is passed on through experience. It's just flour, baking powder, salt, and buttermilk, added in that order. You can butter them when you pull them out of the oven.

Recipes are for frauds and people faking their way around in the kitchen, IMO.